College Football Week 1 Betting
The first weekend of college football unleashes the pent-up desire of fans and gamblers for action on their favorite sport. However, it also serves as a cupcake feast for many FBS programs getting a near-certain win over FCS teams wanting a big paycheck. Amazingly, the TV networks that pay so much for inventory, tolerate so many bad matchups. But that beings said, there are just enough quality matchups to make Week 1 acceptable and preferable to the past eight months of no college football.
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Week 1 college football begins on Thursday, August 31 with a number of games including two high profile matchups, as the Nebraska Cornhuskers visit the Minnesota Golden Gophers on FOX, while the Florida Gators visit the Utah Utes on ESPN. Friday’s games including a matchup between the Louisville Cardinals and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets on ESPN.
The Week 1 Saturday college football schedule includes the debut of Deion Sanders as Colorado head coach, as the Colorado Buffaloes visit the TCU Horned Frogs on FOX. ABC will be showing the game between the Virginia Cavaliers and Tennessee Volunteers and the game between the Boise State Broncos and Washington Huskies. CBS has the Ohio State Buckeyes at the Indiana Hoosiers and the Texas Tech Red Raiders at the Wyoming Cowboys. The other FOX game has the Rice Owls at the Texas Longhorns. NBC has the Tennessee State Tigers at the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the West Virginia Mountaineers at the Penn State Nittany Lions. The late game on ESPN has the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at the UCLA Bruins.
Since it is Week 1, there are also games on Sunday and Monday. The two games on CBS on Sunday have the Northwestern Wildcats at the Rutgers Scarlet Knights and the Oregon State Beavers at the San Jose State Spartans. ABC has the night game between the LSU Tigers and Florida State Seminoles. The Monday night game on ESPN has the Clemson Tigers at the Duke Blue Devils.
College Football Week 1 Schedule
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Elon Phoenix at Wake Forest Demon Deacons, 7 pm, ACCN
Rhode Island Rams at Georgia State Panthers, 7 pm, ESPN+
Saint Francis Red Flash at Western Michigan Broncos, 7 pm, ESPN+
Kent State Golden Flashes at UCF Knights, 7 pm, FS1
NC State Wolfpack at UConn Huskies, 7:30 pm, CBSSN
Nebraska Cornhuskers at Minnesota Golden Gophers, 8 pm, FOX
North Carolina A&T Aggies at UAB Blazers, 8 pm, ESPN+
Florida Gators at Utah Utes, 8 pm, ESPN
UAPB Lions at Tulsa Golden Hurricane, 8 pm, ESPN+
South Dakota Coyotes at Missouri Tigers, 8 pm, SECN
Southern Utah Thunderbirds at Arizona State Sun Devils, 10 pm, CBSSN
Friday, September 1, 2023
Howard Bison at Eastern Michigan Eagles, 6:30 pm, ESPN+
Miami-OH Redhawks at Miami-FL Hurricanes, 7 pm, ACCN
Central Michigan Chippewas at Michigan State Spartans, 7 pm, FS1
Louisville Cardinals at Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, 7:30 pm, ESPN
Missouri State Bears at Kansas Jayhawks, 8 pm, ESPN+
Stanford Cardinal at Hawaii Warriors, 11 pm, CBSSN
Saturday, September 2, 2023
Arkansas State Red Wolves at Oklahoma Sooners, 12 pm, ESPN
Ball State Cardinals at Kentucky Wildcats, 12 pm, SECN
Bowling Green Falcons at Liberty Flames, 12 pm, CBSSN
Colorado Buffaloes at TCU Horned Frogs, 12 pm, FOX
East Carolina Pirates at Michigan Wolverines, 12 pm, Peacock
Fresno State Bulldogs at Purdue Boilermakers, 12 pm, BTN
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at SMU Mustangs, 12 pm, ESPNU
NIU Huskies at Boston College Eagles, 12 pm, ACCN
Utah State Aggies at Iowa Hawkeyes, 12 pm, FS1
Virginia Cavaliers at Tennessee Volunteers, (Nashville, TN), 12 pm, ABC
LIU Sharks at Ohio Bobcats, 2 pm, ESPN+
Northern Iowa Panthers at Iowa State Cyclones, 2 pm, ESPN+
Mercer Bears at Ole Miss Rebels, 2 pm, ESPN+
ETSU Buccaneers at Jacksonville State Gamecocks, 2 pm, ESPN+
Akron Zips at Temple Owls, 2 pm, ESPN+
Portland State Vikings at Oregon Ducks, 3 pm, P12N
Boise State Broncos at Washington Huskies, 3:30 pm, ABC
Buffalo Bison at Wisconsin Badgers, 3:30 pm, FS1
Eastern Kentucky Colonels at Cincinnati Bearcats, 3:30 pm, ESPN+
Gardner Webb Runnin’ Bulldogs at Appalachian State Mountaineers, 3:30 pm, ESPN+
Ohio State Buckeyes at Indiana Hoosiers, 3:30 pm, CBS
Rice Owls at Texas Longhorns, 3:30 pm, FOX
Tennessee State Tigers at Notre Dame Fighting Irish, 3:30 pm, NBC
Towson Tigers at Maryland Terrapins, 3:30 pm, BTN
UMass Minutemen at Auburn Tigers, 3:30 pm, ESPN
USF Bulls at Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, 3:30 pm, CBSSN
Wofford Terriers at Pitt Panthers, 3:30 pm, ACCN
Colgate Raiders at Syracuse Orange, 4 pm, ESPN+
Western Carolina Catamounts at Arkansas Razorbacks, 4 pm, ESPN+
Bryant Bulldogs at UNLV Rebels, 4 pm, TBA
SE Louisiana Lions at Mississippi State Bulldogs, 4 pm, SECN
Cal Bears at North Texas Mean Green, 4 pm, ESPNU
Bucknell Bison at James Madison Dukes, 6 pm, ESPN+
Monmouth Hawks at Florida Atlantic Owls, 6 pm, ESPN+
SC State Bulldogs at Charlotte 49ers, 6 pm, ESPN+
The Citadel Bulldogs at Georgia Southern Eagles, 6 pm, ESPN+
UT Martin Skyhawks at Georgia Bulldogs, 6 pm, ESPN+
Albany Great Danes at Marshall Thundering Herd, 6 pm, ESPN+
Maine Black Bears at FIU Panthers, 6:30 pm, ESPN+
Nevada Wolf Pack at USC Trojans, 6:30, P12N
New Mexico Lobos at Texas A&M Aggies, 7 pm, ESPN
Alcorn State Braves at Southern Miss Eagles, 7 pm, ESPN+
Washington State Cougars at Colorado State Rams, 7 pm, CBSSN
UTSA Road Runners at Houston Cougars, 7 pm, FS1
Texas State Bobcats at Baylor Bears, 7 pm, ESPN+
Stephen F Austin Lumberjacks at Troy Trojans, 7 pm, ESPN+
SE Missouri Redhawks at Kansas State Wildcats, 7 pm, ESPN+
Central Arkansas Bears at Oklahoma State Cowboys, 7 pm, ESPN+
Bethune Cookman Wildcats at Memphis Tigers, 7 pm, ESPN+
Army Black Knights at ULM Warhawks, 7 pm, TBA
Alabama A&M Bulldogs at Vanderbilt Commodores, 7 pm, ESPN+
Texas Tech Red Raiders at Wyoming Cowboys, 7:30 pm, CBS
West Virginia Mountaineers at Penn State Nittany Lions, 7:30 pm, NBC
Toledo Rockets at Illinois Fighting Illini, 7:30 pm, BTN
Northwestern State Demons at Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns, 7:30 pm, ESPN+
North Carolina Tar Heels at South Carolina Gamecocks, (Charlotte, NC), 7:30 pm, ABC
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders at Alabama Crimson Tide, 7:30 pm, SECN
Old Dominion Monarchs at Virginia Tech Hokies, 8 pm, ACCN
South Alabama Jaguars at Tulane Green Wave, 8 pm, ESPNU
UIW Cardinals at UTEP Miners, 9 pm, ESPN+
Western Illinois Leathernecks at New Mexico State Aggies, 9 pm, ESPN+
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks at Arizona Wildcats, 10 pm, P12N
Sam Houston Bearkats at BYU Cougars, 10:15 pm, FS1
Idaho State Bengals at San Diego State Aztecs, 10:30 pm, CBSSN
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers at UCLA Bruins, 10:30 pm, ESPN
Robert Morris Colonials at Air Force Falcons, TBD, TBD
Sunday, September 3, 2023
Northwestern Wildcats at Rutgers Scarlet Knights, 12 pm, CBS
Oregon State Beavers at San Jose State Spartans, 3:30 pm, CBS
LSU Tigers at Florida State Seminoles, (Orlando, FL) 7:30 pm, ABC
Monday, September 4, 2023
Clemson Tigers at Duke Blue Devils, 8 pm, ESPN
2023 College Football Schedule
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